Freedom and Justice Party

The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is an Islamist political party in Egypt that was founded on 30 April 2011 by Saad el-Katatni. The FJP was founded as the unofficial political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in the country, and it advocated right-wing social positions and center-left to left-wing economic positions. The FJP supported a mixed economy with social justice, the utilization of tourism as a main source of national income, the implementation of sharia law, and an objection to women or Copts holding the presidency (though not ministerial positions). In the November 2011-January 2012 parliamentary election, the FJP won 235/508 seats in the People's Assembly of Egypt, winning a majority of seats. In addition, Mohamed Morsi won the presidential election with 51.73% of the vote, winning in the northern Sinai Peninsula, parts of the Nile Delta region, and in the sparsely-populated western desert regions of Egypt. On 15 April 2014, the Egyptian government banned Muslim Brothers from running in parliamentary elections, and the FJP was forcibly dissolved on 9 August 2014. However, the party continued to function underground, opposing the military government.